•Nigerian Senate Indications have emerged that the total monthly pay of 99 non-principal officers of the Nigerian senate is above N2 billion. One of them, Senator Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano), yesterday, confirmed that he receives about N21 million monthly as his perquisite for representing the people of Kano South Senatorial District...
•New CP Edo State, Nemi Edwin-Iwo Apparently with the lack of arrest of suspects responsible for the attack on Senator Monday Okpebholo, Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate for the September 21 election, and court-reinstated Deputy Governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, in Benin City recently, Edo State Poli...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Zamfara State has been enmeshed in crisis as two factional chairmen have emerged from its 2024 election of state officers. The immediate past vice chairman of the association Ibrahim Jibril was announced by the returning officer Mannir Bature as the winner of the election for the chairmanship position hav...
•Fuel scarcity The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed fuel supply and distribution challenges in some parts of Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) but promised to work on restoring normalcy. “The NNPC Ltd. wishes to state that the tightness in fuel supply and distribution witnessed in some parts of Lago...
The national average retail price for Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol increased year-on-year, YoY, by 37.44 percent to N750.17 per litre in June 2024 from N545.83 per litre recorded in the corresponding period of 2023. On a month-on-month, MoM basis, the average retail price decreased by 2.53 per cent from N769.62 per litre [&he...
•A market place Nigeria’s inflation figure has reached a new high, hitting 34.19 % for June 2024, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of State Statistics (NBS). This is an increase of 0.24% points when compared to the inflation figure for May 2024 released by the NBS. “In June 2024, the headline […]
•Gaza Israel hammered the Gaza Strip from the air, sea and land today as the war in the Palestinian territory showed no sign of abating, with Hamas saying it was pulling out of truce talks. Shells rained down on the neighbourhoods of Tal Al-Hawa, Sheikh Ajlin and Al-Sabra in Gaza City, while eyewitnesses said the […]
•Haruna, Saidu and David The University of Maiduguri in Borno State is in grief as it has again recorded the fourth loss of yet another professor – all within a spate of two months. In a similar development, two lecturers – one with the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State and the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, […]
•Agbakoba The Senior Partner, Olisa Agbakoba Legal, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, today, said Nigeria’s public debt rose to $91.46 billion (N121.67 trillion), despite its ability to generate $ 1 trillion in 40 years. Dr. Agbakoba identified the alleged exclusion of Nigerians from key value chains, weak enforcement of Local content laws, incorporation of...
Kogi seems to be among the six states in Nigeria that have mild cases of cholera, recording only two confirmed cases. The State Commissioner for Health, Mr Abdullazeez Adam, told our correspondent in Lokoja that cases were confirmed with one victim treated and discharged, reports NAN. “The other victim is doing well on treatment,” he […...
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